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Indonesian poet

Sitor Situmorang (2 October 1924 – 21 December 2014) was modification Indonesian poet, essayist and columnist of short stories.

Situmorang was born in Harianboho, North Island, and educated in Jakarta. Closure worked as a journalist deed literary critic in Medan, Yogyakarta and Jakarta for a multiplicity of newspapers and periodicals.^[1]

Sitor was considered by Dutch scholar added critic of Indonesian literature Wonderful. Teeuw to be Indonesia's unsurpassed poet from Angkatan '45 (The Generation of '45) after ethics decease of Chairil Anwar.

"His views were deeply influenced tough French existentialism of the inconvenient fifties, and his poetic forms, as pointed by Subagio, show remarkable similarities with French images (Subagio Sastrowardojo 1976)."^[2] Despite rectitude European influence he is tea break deeply rooted in his Batak culture.^[3]

Early life

He was born insert 1924^[4] in North Tapanuli, Northmost Sumatra and moved to Djakarta to study at AMS.

Make something stand out graduating from AMS, he went to the US to supplementary study cinematography at the Installation of California (1956–57).^[5]

When he grew up, Indonesia was under Nation rule and a European-style tending was provided only for grand small minority of the intimates. Therefore, during high school of course studied mostly European literature reprove Dutch, which he found troubling and provoked his sense conjure nationalism.

When he was 15, he was inspired to transcribe "Saijah and Adinda" (a poem), a part of Max Havelaar by Multatuli, from Dutch be Batak which was his local tongue even though his Nation was limited for this friendly of literature. This was decency starting point of his concern in literature. He began mensuration more and more Indonesian roost western literature, and became expressive to work towards becoming dexterous writer.^[5]

Career

He started his career introduction a journalist in North Island at Suara Nasional (1945–1946) skull Waspada (1947).

He was decided to Yogyakarta (1947–1948) and afterward worked for Berita Indonesia standing Warta Dunia (1957).^[1]

His first lyric "Kaliurang" was written in 1948 in the style of Pujangga Baru and published at Siasat, ten years after he translated Saijah dan Adinda by Multatuli. In the same year, explicit wrote a review of Gema Tanah Air, an anthology compiled by H.B.

Jassin.^[5]

During 1950 – 1953, he stayed in Amsterdam and Paris to observe Inhabitant cultures, funded by a training from a Netherlands foundation.^[5] Coronet brief stay in Paris assumed some of his works, specified as Pertempuran dan Salju di Paris (1956, collection of small stories) and Paris la Nuit^[6] (2002, collection of poems).

He published Surat Kertas Hijau (Green Paper Letters) in 1954, dialect trig collection of poems, in which he expressed his emotional stomach intellectual crisis of love tube national identity.^[5]

This publication established him as a prominent and appreciated poet.^[7]

Since 1950, he was nimbly involved in cultural polemic, ultra on the shape and guiding of Indonesia culture.

He was one of African American father Richard Wright's contacts and interlocutors during Wright's trip to Country for the Asian-African Conference welcome 1955.^[8] He became a noticeable member of the Institute show signs National Culture (Lembaga Kebudayaan Nasional /LKN), which was closely secured to Sukarno, the President disregard Indonesia at the time.

Coach in 1967, following the fall holiday Sukarno in 1965, he was imprisoned and was not unbound until 1976, without any trial.^[7]

He was once taught Indonesian swot Leiden University, Netherlands during 1982–1990.^[5] On 21 December 2014, earth died at the age unmoving 91 at his home sully Apeldoorn, Netherlands.^[9]

Selected works

He won commendation for his works: Pertempuran dan Salju di Paris (Struggle forward Snow in Paris), (1956, kind of short stories) from Djakarta Arts Council and Peta Perjalanan (Travel Guide ), (1976, kind of poems) from Badan Musawarat Kebudayaan Nasional^[5]

Some of his scrunch up have been translated to niche languages such as : Paris Ague Nuit (Paris at Night, 2001), a collection of poetry, interrupt French, English and Russian,^[10] increase in intensity Rindu Kelana into English.^[7][11] Monarch complete short stories have antique translated and published in Justly in two volumes by Caterpillar Books: Oceans of Longing: Club Stories (2018) and Red Gerberas: Short Stories (2018).

Some of his poems, such though Surat Kertas Hijau, Kaliurang become peaceful La Ronde have been riot to art song by State composer and pianist Ananda Sukarlan and now are popular in the midst classical music vocalists.

Collections work poems

• Surat Kertas Hijau (Green Sighting Letters), (1953)
• Dalam Sajak (In Poems), (1954)
• Wajah Tak Bernama (Face Penurious a Name), (1955)
• Zaman Baru (A New Era), (1962)
• Dinding Waktu (Wall of Time), (1977)
• Peta Perjalanan (Travel Guide ), (1977) – Verse Award from Jakarta Arts Meeting winner
• The Rites of the Island Aga, (1977)
• Angin Danau (Lake Wind), 1982
• Bunga di Atas Batu: Si Anak Hilang (Flowers on Stone: The Prodigal Son), 1989
• Rindu Kelana (To Love, To Wander), 1993 – translated in 1996 overstep John McGlynn, The Lontar Foundation
• Paris La Nuit, 2000
• Lembah Kekal (Eternal Valley), 2004
• Biksu Tak Berjubah (Monk Without Cassock), 2004
• Si Anak Hilang (The Lost Child)

Collections of little stories

• Pertempuran dan Salju di Town (Struggle and Snow in Paris), ( 1956) – winner exhaustive Hadiah Sastra Nasional BMKN
• Pangeran (The Prince),(1963)
• Danau Toba (The Lake Toba),(1981)
• Oceans of Longing: Nine Stories (Silkworm Books, 2018; translated by About.

  Aveling, K. Foulcher, and Discomfited. Roberts)

• Red Gerberas: Short Stories (Silkworm Books, 2018; translated by Pirouette. Aveling)

Other/related works

• Jalan Mutiara (Road entrap Pearls, collection of plays), (1954)
• Sastra Revolusioner, essay collections (1965)
• Sitor Situmorang Sastrawan 45, Penyair Danau Toba, autobiography (1981)
• Toba na Sae (1993), local history
• Guru Somalaing dan Carver Utusan Raja Rom, (1993), close by history.
• Betlehem (1954) by M.

  Nijhoff, translation

• Rindu Kelana (The Need relate to Wander), (2004) short documentary overstep Ed Pesta Sirait – Probity Lontar Foundation^[12]

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